Re: email character decoding

YES YES YES.. found it!! :) chardet FTW! :D root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# chardet enca.bin enca.bin: Windows-1252 with confidence 0.725876260928 root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# iconv -f windows-1252 -t UTF-8 enca.bin > enca.out which also means that i should be able to convert this data in PHP : $d = quoted_printable_decode($data); $d = mb_convert_encoding($d, 'Windows-1252', 'UTF-8'); return $d; but alas, THIS DOES NOT WORK. it replaces the special central european characters in the data with '?'. so you'll have to write out the data to disk and convert it using the commandline PHP exec() to Ubuntu's commandline iconv command, then read back in the data using file_get_contents. i'll start now on the actual PHP code to do this, and post that when i'm done.. it'll require some minor parsing of the chardet output, but shouldn't take me longer than an hour, maybe 2. On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 7:57 AM Rene Veerman < rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: > ok i hit a little bit of a breakthrough.. but still not there.. > > when i write out the file from PHP like this : > fwrite ($f, quoted_printable_decode($data)); > and then use the command line like this : > root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# > file enca.bin > i get : > enca.bin: HTML document, ISO-8859 text, with very long lines, with CRLF, > NEL line terminators > > btw, using enca doesn't work: > root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# > enca enca.bin > enca: Cannot determine (or understand) your language preferences. > Please use -L language', or -L none' if your language > is not supported > (only a few multibyte encodings can be recognized then). > Run `enca --list languages' to get a list of supported languages. > root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# > enca -L none enca.bin > Unrecognized encoding > > And, using the following command line still fails miserably : > root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# > iconv -f ISO-8859 -t UTF-8 enca.bin > enca.out > iconv: conversion from `ISO-8859' is not supported > > iconv -l > gives me : > root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# > iconv -l > The following list contains all the coded character sets known. This does > not necessarily mean that all combinations of these names can be used for > the FROM and TO command line parameters. One coded character set can be > listed with several different names (aliases). > > 437, 500, 500V1, 850, 851, 852, 855, 856, 857, 858, 860, 861, 862, 863, > 864, > 865, 866, 866NAV, 869, 874, 904, 1026, 1046, 1047, 8859_1, 8859_2, > 8859_3, > 8859_4, 8859_5, 8859_6, 8859_7, 8859_8, 8859_9, 10646-1:1993, > 10646-1:1993/UCS4, ANSI_X3.4-1968, ANSI_X3.4-1986, ANSI_X3.4, > ANSI_X3.110-1983, ANSI_X3.110, ARABIC, ARABIC7, ARMSCII-8, ARMSCII8, > ASCII, > ASMO-708, ASMO_449, BALTIC, BIG-5, BIG-FIVE, BIG5-HKSCS, BIG5, BIG5HKSCS, > BIGFIVE, BRF, BS_4730, CA, CN-BIG5, CN-GB, CN, CP-AR, CP-GR, CP-HU, > CP037, > CP038, CP273, CP274, CP275, CP278, CP280, CP281, CP282, CP284, CP285, > CP290, > CP297, CP367, CP420, CP423, CP424, CP437, CP500, CP737, CP770, CP771, > CP772, > CP773, CP774, CP775, CP803, CP813, CP819, CP850, CP851, CP852, CP855, > CP856, > CP857, CP858, CP860, CP861, CP862, CP863, CP864, CP865, CP866, CP866NAV, > CP868, CP869, CP870, CP871, CP874, CP875, CP880, CP891, CP901, CP902, > CP903, > CP904, CP905, CP912, CP915, CP916, CP918, CP920, CP921, CP922, CP930, > CP932, > CP933, CP935, CP936, CP937, CP939, CP949, CP950, CP1004, CP1008, CP1025, > CP1026, CP1046, CP1047, CP1070, CP1079, CP1081, CP1084, CP1089, CP1097, > CP1112, CP1122, CP1123, CP1124, CP1125, CP1129, CP1130, CP1132, CP1133, > CP1137, CP1140, CP1141, CP1142, CP1143, CP1144, CP1145, CP1146, CP1147, > CP1148, CP1149, CP1153, CP1154, CP1155, CP1156, CP1157, CP1158, CP1160, > CP1161, CP1162, CP1163, CP1164, CP1166, CP1167, CP1250, CP1251, CP1252, > CP1253, CP1254, CP1255, CP1256, CP1257, CP1258, CP1282, CP1361, CP1364, > CP1371, CP1388, CP1390, CP1399, CP4517, CP4899, CP4909, CP4971, CP5347, > CP9030, CP9066, CP9448, CP10007, CP12712, CP16804, CPIBM861, CSA7-1, > CSA7-2, > CSASCII, CSA_T500-1983, CSA_T500, CSA_Z243.4-1985-1, CSA_Z243.4-1985-2, > CSA_Z243.419851, CSA_Z243.419852, CSDECMCS, CSEBCDICATDE, CSEBCDICATDEA, > CSEBCDICCAFR, CSEBCDICDKNO, CSEBCDICDKNOA, CSEBCDICES, CSEBCDICESA, > CSEBCDICESS, CSEBCDICFISE, CSEBCDICFISEA, CSEBCDICFR, CSEBCDICIT, > CSEBCDICPT, > CSEBCDICUK, CSEBCDICUS, CSEUCKR, CSEUCPKDFMTJAPANESE, CSGB2312, > CSHPROMAN8, > CSIBM037, CSIBM038, CSIBM273, CSIBM274, CSIBM275, CSIBM277, CSIBM278, > CSIBM280, CSIBM281, CSIBM284, CSIBM285, CSIBM290, CSIBM297, CSIBM420, > CSIBM423, CSIBM424, CSIBM500, CSIBM803, CSIBM851, CSIBM855, CSIBM856, > CSIBM857, CSIBM860, CSIBM863, CSIBM864, CSIBM865, CSIBM866, CSIBM868, > CSIBM869, CSIBM870, CSIBM871, CSIBM880, CSIBM891, CSIBM901, CSIBM902, > CSIBM903, CSIBM904, CSIBM905, CSIBM918, CSIBM921, CSIBM922, CSIBM930, > CSIBM932, CSIBM933, CSIBM935, CSIBM937, CSIBM939, CSIBM943, CSIBM1008, > CSIBM1025, CSIBM1026, CSIBM1097, CSIBM1112, CSIBM1122, CSIBM1123, > CSIBM1124, > CSIBM1129, CSIBM1130, CSIBM1132, CSIBM1133, CSIBM1137, CSIBM1140, > CSIBM1141, > CSIBM1142, CSIBM1143, CSIBM1144, CSIBM1145, CSIBM1146, CSIBM1147, > CSIBM1148, > CSIBM1149, CSIBM1153, CSIBM1154, CSIBM1155, CSIBM1156, CSIBM1157, > CSIBM1158, > CSIBM1160, CSIBM1161, CSIBM1163, CSIBM1164, CSIBM1166, CSIBM1167, > CSIBM1364, > CSIBM1371, CSIBM1388, CSIBM1390, CSIBM1399, CSIBM4517, CSIBM4899, > CSIBM4909, > CSIBM4971, CSIBM5347, CSIBM9030, CSIBM9066, CSIBM9448, CSIBM12712, > CSIBM16804, CSIBM11621162, CSISO4UNITEDKINGDOM, CSISO10SWEDISH, > CSISO11SWEDISHFORNAMES, CSISO14JISC6220RO, CSISO15ITALIAN, > CSISO16PORTUGESE, > CSISO17SPANISH, CSISO18GREEK7OLD, CSISO19LATINGREEK, CSISO21GERMAN, > CSISO25FRENCH, CSISO27LATINGREEK1, CSISO49INIS, CSISO50INIS8, > CSISO51INISCYRILLIC, CSISO58GB1988, CSISO60DANISHNORWEGIAN, > CSISO60NORWEGIAN1, CSISO61NORWEGIAN2, CSISO69FRENCH, CSISO84PORTUGUESE2, > CSISO85SPANISH2, CSISO86HUNGARIAN, CSISO88GREEK7, CSISO89ASMO449, > CSISO90, > CSISO92JISC62991984B, CSISO99NAPLPS, CSISO103T618BIT, > CSISO111ECMACYRILLIC, > CSISO121CANADIAN1, CSISO122CANADIAN2, CSISO139CSN369103, > CSISO141JUSIB1002, > CSISO143IECP271, CSISO150, CSISO150GREEKCCITT, CSISO151CUBA, > CSISO153GOST1976874, CSISO646DANISH, CSISO2022CN, CSISO2022JP, > CSISO2022JP2, > CSISO2022KR, CSISO2033, CSISO5427CYRILLIC, CSISO5427CYRILLIC1981, > CSISO5428GREEK, CSISO10367BOX, CSISOLATIN1, CSISOLATIN2, CSISOLATIN3, > CSISOLATIN4, CSISOLATIN5, CSISOLATIN6, CSISOLATINARABIC, > CSISOLATINCYRILLIC, > CSISOLATINGREEK, CSISOLATINHEBREW, CSKOI8R, CSKSC5636, CSMACINTOSH, > CSNATSDANO, CSNATSSEFI, CSN_369103, CSPC8CODEPAGE437, CSPC775BALTIC, > CSPC850MULTILINGUAL, CSPC858MULTILINGUAL, CSPC862LATINHEBREW, CSPCP852, > CSSHIFTJIS, CSUCS4, CSUNICODE, CSWINDOWS31J, CUBA, CWI-2, CWI, CYRILLIC, > DE, > DEC-MCS, DEC, DECMCS, DIN_66003, DK, DS2089, DS_2089, E13B, > EBCDIC-AT-DE-A, > EBCDIC-AT-DE, EBCDIC-BE, EBCDIC-BR, EBCDIC-CA-FR, EBCDIC-CP-AR1, > EBCDIC-CP-AR2, EBCDIC-CP-BE, EBCDIC-CP-CA, EBCDIC-CP-CH, EBCDIC-CP-DK, > EBCDIC-CP-ES, EBCDIC-CP-FI, EBCDIC-CP-FR, EBCDIC-CP-GB, EBCDIC-CP-GR, > EBCDIC-CP-HE, EBCDIC-CP-IS, EBCDIC-CP-IT, EBCDIC-CP-NL, EBCDIC-CP-NO, > EBCDIC-CP-ROECE, EBCDIC-CP-SE, EBCDIC-CP-TR, EBCDIC-CP-US, EBCDIC-CP-WT, > EBCDIC-CP-YU, EBCDIC-CYRILLIC, EBCDIC-DK-NO-A, EBCDIC-DK-NO, EBCDIC-ES-A, > EBCDIC-ES-S, EBCDIC-ES, EBCDIC-FI-SE-A, EBCDIC-FI-SE, EBCDIC-FR, > EBCDIC-GREEK, EBCDIC-INT, EBCDIC-INT1, EBCDIC-IS-FRISS, EBCDIC-IT, > EBCDIC-JP-E, EBCDIC-JP-KANA, EBCDIC-PT, EBCDIC-UK, EBCDIC-US, EBCDICATDE, > EBCDICATDEA, EBCDICCAFR, EBCDICDKNO, EBCDICDKNOA, EBCDICES, EBCDICESA, > EBCDICESS, EBCDICFISE, EBCDICFISEA, EBCDICFR, EBCDICISFRISS, EBCDICIT, > EBCDICPT, EBCDICUK, EBCDICUS, ECMA-114, ECMA-118, ECMA-128, > ECMA-CYRILLIC, > ECMACYRILLIC, ELOT_928, ES, ES2, EUC-CN, EUC-JISX0213, EUC-JP-MS, EUC-JP, > EUC-KR, EUC-TW, EUCCN, EUCJP-MS, EUCJP-OPEN, EUCJP-WIN, EUCJP, EUCKR, > EUCTW, > FI, FR, GB, GB2312, GB13000, GB18030, GBK, GB_1988-80, GB_198880, > GEORGIAN-ACADEMY, GEORGIAN-PS, GOST_19768-74, GOST_19768, GOST_1976874, > GREEK-CCITT, GREEK, GREEK7-OLD, GREEK7, GREEK7OLD, GREEK8, GREEKCCITT, > HEBREW, HP-GREEK8, HP-ROMAN8, HP-ROMAN9, HP-THAI8, HP-TURKISH8, HPGREEK8, > HPROMAN8, HPROMAN9, HPTHAI8, HPTURKISH8, HU, IBM-803, IBM-856, IBM-901, > IBM-902, IBM-921, IBM-922, IBM-930, IBM-932, IBM-933, IBM-935, IBM-937, > IBM-939, IBM-943, IBM-1008, IBM-1025, IBM-1046, IBM-1047, IBM-1097, > IBM-1112, > IBM-1122, IBM-1123, IBM-1124, IBM-1129, IBM-1130, IBM-1132, IBM-1133, > IBM-1137, IBM-1140, IBM-1141, IBM-1142, IBM-1143, IBM-1144, IBM-1145, > IBM-1146, IBM-1147, IBM-1148, IBM-1149, IBM-1153, IBM-1154, IBM-1155, > IBM-1156, IBM-1157, IBM-1158, IBM-1160, IBM-1161, IBM-1162, IBM-1163, > IBM-1164, IBM-1166, IBM-1167, IBM-1364, IBM-1371, IBM-1388, IBM-1390, > IBM-1399, IBM-4517, IBM-4899, IBM-4909, IBM-4971, IBM-5347, IBM-9030, > IBM-9066, IBM-9448, IBM-12712, IBM-16804, IBM037, IBM038, IBM256, IBM273, > IBM274, IBM275, IBM277, IBM278, IBM280, IBM281, IBM284, IBM285, IBM290, > IBM297, IBM367, IBM420, IBM423, IBM424, IBM437, IBM500, IBM775, IBM803, > IBM813, IBM819, IBM848, IBM850, IBM851, IBM852, IBM855, IBM856, IBM857, > IBM858, IBM860, IBM861, IBM862, IBM863, IBM864, IBM865, IBM866, > IBM866NAV, > IBM868, IBM869, IBM870, IBM871, IBM874, IBM875, IBM880, IBM891, IBM901, > IBM902, IBM903, IBM904, IBM905, IBM912, IBM915, IBM916, IBM918, IBM920, > IBM921, IBM922, IBM930, IBM932, IBM933, IBM935, IBM937, IBM939, IBM943, > IBM1004, IBM1008, IBM1025, IBM1026, IBM1046, IBM1047, IBM1089, IBM1097, > IBM1112, IBM1122, IBM1123, IBM1124, IBM1129, IBM1130, IBM1132, IBM1133, > IBM1137, IBM1140, IBM1141, IBM1142, IBM1143, IBM1144, IBM1145, IBM1146, > IBM1147, IBM1148, IBM1149, IBM1153, IBM1154, IBM1155, IBM1156, IBM1157, > IBM1158, IBM1160, IBM1161, IBM1162, IBM1163, IBM1164, IBM1166, IBM1167, > IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, IBM1399, IBM4517, IBM4899, IBM4909, > IBM4971, IBM5347, IBM9030, IBM9066, IBM9448, IBM12712, IBM16804, > IEC_P27-1, > IEC_P271, INIS-8, INIS-CYRILLIC, INIS, INIS8, INISCYRILLIC, ISIRI-3342, > ISIRI3342, ISO-2022-CN-EXT, ISO-2022-CN, ISO-2022-JP-2, ISO-2022-JP-3, > ISO-2022-JP, ISO-2022-KR, ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-2, ISO-8859-3, ISO-8859-4, > ISO-8859-5, ISO-8859-6, ISO-8859-7, ISO-8859-8, ISO-8859-9, ISO-8859-9E, > ISO-8859-10, ISO-8859-11, ISO-8859-13, ISO-8859-14, ISO-8859-15, > ISO-8859-16, > ISO-10646, ISO-10646/UCS2, ISO-10646/UCS4, ISO-10646/UTF-8, > ISO-10646/UTF8, > ISO-CELTIC, ISO-IR-4, ISO-IR-6, ISO-IR-8-1, ISO-IR-9-1, ISO-IR-10, > ISO-IR-11, > ISO-IR-14, ISO-IR-15, ISO-IR-16, ISO-IR-17, ISO-IR-18, ISO-IR-19, > ISO-IR-21, > ISO-IR-25, ISO-IR-27, ISO-IR-37, ISO-IR-49, ISO-IR-50, ISO-IR-51, > ISO-IR-54, > ISO-IR-55, ISO-IR-57, ISO-IR-60, ISO-IR-61, ISO-IR-69, ISO-IR-84, > ISO-IR-85, > ISO-IR-86, ISO-IR-88, ISO-IR-89, ISO-IR-90, ISO-IR-92, ISO-IR-98, > ISO-IR-99, > ISO-IR-100, ISO-IR-101, ISO-IR-103, ISO-IR-109, ISO-IR-110, ISO-IR-111, > ISO-IR-121, ISO-IR-122, ISO-IR-126, ISO-IR-127, ISO-IR-138, ISO-IR-139, > ISO-IR-141, ISO-IR-143, ISO-IR-144, ISO-IR-148, ISO-IR-150, ISO-IR-151, > ISO-IR-153, ISO-IR-155, ISO-IR-156, ISO-IR-157, ISO-IR-166, ISO-IR-179, > ISO-IR-193, ISO-IR-197, ISO-IR-199, ISO-IR-203, ISO-IR-209, ISO-IR-226, > ISO/TR_11548-1, ISO646-CA, ISO646-CA2, ISO646-CN, ISO646-CU, ISO646-DE, > ISO646-DK, ISO646-ES, ISO646-ES2, ISO646-FI, ISO646-FR, ISO646-FR1, > ISO646-GB, ISO646-HU, ISO646-IT, ISO646-JP-OCR-B, ISO646-JP, ISO646-KR, > ISO646-NO, ISO646-NO2, ISO646-PT, ISO646-PT2, ISO646-SE, ISO646-SE2, > ISO646-US, ISO646-YU, ISO2022CN, ISO2022CNEXT, ISO2022JP, ISO2022JP2, > ISO2022KR, ISO6937, ISO8859-1, ISO8859-2, ISO8859-3, ISO8859-4, > ISO8859-5, > ISO8859-6, ISO8859-7, ISO8859-8, ISO8859-9, ISO8859-9E, ISO8859-10, > ISO8859-11, ISO8859-13, ISO8859-14, ISO8859-15, ISO8859-16, ISO11548-1, > ISO88591, ISO88592, ISO88593, ISO88594, ISO88595, ISO88596, ISO88597, > ISO88598, ISO88599, ISO88599E, ISO885910, ISO885911, ISO885913, > ISO885914, > ISO885915, ISO885916, ISO_646.IRV:1991, ISO_2033-1983, ISO_2033, > ISO_5427-EXT, ISO_5427, ISO_5427:1981, ISO_5427EXT, ISO_5428, > ISO_5428:1980, > ISO_6937-2, ISO_6937-2:1983, ISO_6937, ISO_6937:1992, ISO_8859-1, > ISO_8859-1:1987, ISO_8859-2, ISO_8859-2:1987, ISO_8859-3, > ISO_8859-3:1988, > ISO_8859-4, ISO_8859-4:1988, ISO_8859-5, ISO_8859-5:1988, ISO_8859-6, > ISO_8859-6:1987, ISO_8859-7, ISO_8859-7:1987, ISO_8859-7:2003, > ISO_8859-8, > ISO_8859-8:1988, ISO_8859-9, ISO_8859-9:1989, ISO_8859-9E, ISO_8859-10, > ISO_8859-10:1992, ISO_8859-14, ISO_8859-14:1998, ISO_8859-15, > ISO_8859-15:1998, ISO_8859-16, ISO_8859-16:2001, ISO_9036, ISO_10367-BOX, > ISO_10367BOX, ISO_11548-1, ISO_69372, IT, JIS_C6220-1969-RO, > JIS_C6229-1984-B, JIS_C62201969RO, JIS_C62291984B, JOHAB, JP-OCR-B, JP, > JS, > JUS_I.B1.002, KOI-7, KOI-8, KOI8-R, KOI8-RU, KOI8-T, KOI8-U, KOI8, KOI8R, > KOI8U, KSC5636, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L10, LATIN-9, > LATIN-GREEK-1, > LATIN-GREEK, LATIN1, LATIN2, LATIN3, LATIN4, LATIN5, LATIN6, LATIN7, > LATIN8, > LATIN9, LATIN10, LATINGREEK, LATINGREEK1, MAC-CENTRALEUROPE, > MAC-CYRILLIC, > MAC-IS, MAC-SAMI, MAC-UK, MAC, MACCYRILLIC, MACINTOSH, MACIS, MACUK, > MACUKRAINIAN, MIK, MS-ANSI, MS-ARAB, MS-CYRL, MS-EE, MS-GREEK, MS-HEBR, > MS-MAC-CYRILLIC, MS-TURK, MS932, MS936, MSCP949, MSCP1361, MSMACCYRILLIC, > MSZ_7795.3, MS_KANJI, NAPLPS, NATS-DANO, NATS-SEFI, NATSDANO, NATSSEFI, > NC_NC0010, NC_NC00-10, NC_NC00-10:81, NF_Z_62-010, NF_Z_62-010_(1973), > NF_Z_62-010_1973, NF_Z_62010, NF_Z_62010_1973, NO, NO2, NS_4551-1, > NS_4551-2, > NS_45511, NS_45512, OS2LATIN1, OSF00010001, OSF00010002, OSF00010003, > OSF00010004, OSF00010005, OSF00010006, OSF00010007, OSF00010008, > OSF00010009, > OSF0001000A, OSF00010020, OSF00010100, OSF00010101, OSF00010102, > OSF00010104, > OSF00010105, OSF00010106, OSF00030010, OSF0004000A, OSF0005000A, > OSF05010001, > OSF100201A4, OSF100201A8, OSF100201B5, OSF100201F4, OSF100203B5, > OSF1002011C, > OSF1002011D, OSF1002035D, OSF1002035E, OSF1002035F, OSF1002036B, > OSF1002037B, > OSF10010001, OSF10010004, OSF10010006, OSF10020025, OSF10020111, > OSF10020115, > OSF10020116, OSF10020118, OSF10020122, OSF10020129, OSF10020352, > OSF10020354, > OSF10020357, OSF10020359, OSF10020360, OSF10020364, OSF10020365, > OSF10020366, > OSF10020367, OSF10020370, OSF10020387, OSF10020388, OSF10020396, > OSF10020402, > OSF10020417, PT, PT2, PT154, R8, R9, RK1048, ROMAN8, ROMAN9, RUSCII, SE, > SE2, > SEN_850200_B, SEN_850200_C, SHIFT-JIS, SHIFTJISX0213, SHIFT_JIS, > SHIFT_JISX0213, SJIS-OPEN, SJIS-WIN, SJIS, SS636127, STRK1048-2002, > ST_SEV_358-88, T.61-8BIT, T.61, T.618BIT, TCVN-5712, TCVN, TCVN5712-1, > TCVN5712-1:1993, THAI8, TIS-620, TIS620-0, TIS620.2529-1, TIS620.2533-0, > TIS620, TS-5881, TSCII, TURKISH8, UCS-2, UCS-2BE, UCS-2LE, UCS-4, > UCS-4BE, > UCS-4LE, UCS2, UCS4, UHC, UJIS, UK, UNICODE, UNICODEBIG, UNICODELITTLE, > US-ASCII, US, UTF-7, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE, UTF-32, UTF-32BE, > UTF-32LE, UTF7, UTF8, UTF16, UTF16BE, UTF16LE, UTF32, UTF32BE, UTF32LE, > VISCII, WCHAR_T, WIN-SAMI-2, WINBALTRIM, WINDOWS-31J, WINDOWS-874, > WINDOWS-936, WINDOWS-1250, WINDOWS-1251, WINDOWS-1252, WINDOWS-1253, > WINDOWS-1254, WINDOWS-1255, WINDOWS-1256, WINDOWS-1257, WINDOWS-1258, > WINSAMI2, WS2, YU > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 7:38 AM Rene Veerman < > rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: > >> i've also tried a commandline >> iconv -f=Windows-1250 -t=UTF-8 enca.txt >> but that returns the data unaltered :( >> >> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 7:37 AM Rene Veerman < >> rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> as additional and background info, i can tell you that this data came >>> from a gmail server which upon 'show original', gave me extra headers (that >>> are not in the data, nor in the headers as downloaded through PHP's imap >>> functions), which told me that the charset is windows-1250. >>> so this must come from Google's magical algorithms, which i find up to >>> now impossible to reproduce :( >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 7:33 AM Rene Veerman < >>> rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> no, it PHP iconv only supports nl_NL.utf8 and various en_*.utf8 >>>> according to >>>> locale -a >>>> on the Ubuntu command prompt :( >>>> >>>> and using nl_NL.utf8 doesn't fix my problem either :( >>>> >>>> I've also tried saving the file to disk and then using commandline >>>> enca file.ext >>>> and >>>> file file.ext >>>> and >>>> chardet file.ext >>>> and >>>> uchar file.ext >>>> but all these will give me is that the file is encoded in ASCII. >>>> >>>> On the upside, Ubuntu commandline >>>> iconv >>>> will support the windows-1250 character set, >>>> but i have no way to detect which character set my document is encoded >>>> in, at this time :( >>>> >>>> For your convenience, i've included the file in question as an >>>> attachment to this email.. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 2:59 PM Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 21.11.2020 at 14:21, Rene Veerman wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > I'm having a bit of trouble decoding a message that was written >>>>> using the >>>>> > Windows-1250 character set, on an Ubuntu PHP installation that >>>>> according to >>>>> > mb_list_encodings only supports the Windows-1251, Windows-1252 and >>>>> > Windows-1254 character sets. >>>>> > >>>>> > Can someone here please point me in the direction of a solution for >>>>> this? >>>>> >>>>> Maybe Windows-1250 is supported by your iconv() >>>>> >>>>> (<https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php>)? >>>>> >>>>> Christoph >>>>> >>>>